Tom Petty tells us in “Echo in the Canyon” that California is the kind of place where you can dream of doing something different and special. To the right, however, it is the land of fruits and nuts; to turn a DeSantis quote on its head, it is the state where woke ideas are born. It needs to be brought under control.
As a result, the base would have approved if ICE started shooting protesters in LA or San Francisco. But Minneapolis? The land of friendly white people from Scandinavia? Did Trump ever have a chance of selling that to the American people?
No. The Somalis were a shiny object he couldn’t resist. I bet he’s sorry now.